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Adult Movie is a new video project, currently in post-production, which will premiere in my upcoming solo show at Las Cienegas Projects, opening October 15th, 2011.

Loosely inspired by Les Blank's documentary Burden of Dreams, which chronicles the myriad adversities faced during the making of Werner Herzog's Fitzcarraldo, Adult Movie explores the internal conflicts and struggles of art making, money making and adulthood through a non-linear, diaristic narrative, reflecting upon past work, my current experience as an artist in residence at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, and my brief career as an exotic dancer at a lesbian strip club at age 30.

In conjunction with this new video, I will also present a series of digitally printed expressionistic "movie posters", created by scanning, enlarging and reprinting handmade collage works. The collage poster prints act as poetic storyboards and montaged moments, providing complements and alternate entry points to the narrative threads presented in Adult Movie.

Las Cienegas Projects is an artist-run curatorial project and gallery space which has limited available funds for production expenses.

Your contributions will support:
Travel and shipping costs for transportation of artworks and artist from NYC to LA, printing and framing costs for the digitally printed "movie posters" which will be exhibited along side the video, expenses related to the installation of the work, and the printing and mailing expenses for promotional materials.

Thank you in advance!!!

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Olivia Newton-Jen wearable button art! Features image from a record cover collage in which the artist's facial features are placed over top of Olivia Newton John's facial features. Original image can be seen here: http://www.jennifersullivan.org/olivia.jpg

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WJEN's Greatest Hits: A CD featuring the best of WJEN Radio Station, midi-aoke cover songs produced and performed by Jennifer Sullivan. Also includes Olivia Newton-Jen button!

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A custom made, one of a kind 8.5 x 11 collage. Also includes all aforementioned rewards! Examples of previous collages can be seen here: http://www.jennifersullivan.org/collage.html

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Likewise a Virgin: A private evening of Madonna karaoke dinner theater performed by the artist in your home! Performance includes a vegetable-laden dinner for two prepared on site and an intimate serenading of Madonna's greatest hits including Like a Virgin, Lucky Star, Like a Prayer, Vogue and more! Also includes all aforementioned rewards.